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A review by joonchip
These Heavy Lungs We Breathe With by K.S. Whittaker
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
4.5
this book was painful. Beautiful and completely unexpected story.
“You feel this way because she changed you. She carved a meaning into your life that you have yet to find. Don’t waste this lesson on pining. Use it to create, show new lovers what it’s like. Don’t waste her absence on grief. She did not die. Don’t waste this love on sadness. She did not wish you ill. She left. She simply chose to move on first. Now it’s your turn. Closure is not a guarantee. But do you know what is? the courage to heal all on your own. That courage takes time. Solene made you brave the moment she decided to leave. Don’t spend time trying to make sense of loss. Life is full of it. We can only keep it for so long. Don’t waste this lesson, Ara. Don’t waste it like I did after your mother died.”
This out of everything made me cry the most. It reminds me of the scene in call me by your name with elio and his dad. I loved that this was one of the last scenes of the book.
this book was painful. Beautiful and completely unexpected story.
“You feel this way because she changed you. She carved a meaning into your life that you have yet to find. Don’t waste this lesson on pining. Use it to create, show new lovers what it’s like. Don’t waste her absence on grief. She did not die. Don’t waste this love on sadness. She did not wish you ill. She left. She simply chose to move on first. Now it’s your turn. Closure is not a guarantee. But do you know what is? the courage to heal all on your own. That courage takes time. Solene made you brave the moment she decided to leave. Don’t spend time trying to make sense of loss. Life is full of it. We can only keep it for so long. Don’t waste this lesson, Ara. Don’t waste it like I did after your mother died.”
This out of everything made me cry the most. It reminds me of the scene in call me by your name with elio and his dad. I loved that this was one of the last scenes of the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry